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A breakdown of federal spending in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled a $1 billion response package to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the Canadian health-care system, the economy, and workers. Here is the breakdown of the sp...
Mar 11, 2020
Mormons to hold major conference without attendees
SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it will hold a major conference in April that features speeches by top leaders without any attendees because o...
Mar 11, 2020
Politics in the time of COVID-19: campaigns in Canada, U.S. pivot amid outbreak
OTTAWA - The ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus is forcing political campaigns on either side of the Canada-U.S. border to consider changing their plans. In Canada, Conservative leadership candid...
Mar 11, 2020
US begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, official says
WASHINGTON - American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement, the U.S. military confirmed Monday, amid political chaos in K...
Mar 11, 2020
Casse, Lawson applaud U.S. authorities after 27 charged with doping racehorses
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Mark Casse and Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson both applauded American authorities Monday after 27 people were charged with drugging racehor...
Mar 11, 2020
CFL announces its 2020 Touchdown Atlantic game in Halifax has been sold out
TORONTO - The CFL's 2020 edition of Touchdown Atlantic is a sellout, with all 10,000 tickets currently available purchased. The CFL made the announcement Wednesday, a day after tickets to the July 25 ...
Mar 11, 2020
Kalen Schlatter testifies he did not sexually assault or kill Tess Richey
TORONTO - A Toronto man accused of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman he had just met testified Monday that she initiated their early-morning sexual encounter and was alive when he ...
Mar 11, 2020
Joe Biden has another big primary night, wins 4 more states
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden decisively won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vic...
Mar 11, 2020
AP VoteCast: A state-by-state look at Democratic primaries
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press surveyed voters in three of the six states that held Democratic presidential contests on Tuesday. Here's a snapshot of voters in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi - ...
Mar 11, 2020
Gas-powered vehicles contribute more to city pollution than thought: research
Research suggests cars and other gasoline-powered vehicles are responsible for a share of two highly toxic contaminants in downtown city air that's at least five times larger than previously thought. ...
Mar 11, 2020